Egg poacher



8. JAY

EGG POACHER May 3, 1938.

Filed Feb. 11, 1937 INVENTOR Patented May 3, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE EGG POAGHER Samuel Jay, New York, N. Y.

Application February 11, 1937, Serial No. 125,293

3 Claims. (01. 53-1) I do hereby declare the following to be a full, 5is so-made as to fit over the flange 9 of base I. clear and exactdescription of the invention. Intermediate flanged ports 6 and flangedrim 8 Others skilled in the art of domestic cooking of cover 5 is awater circulating chamber ll]. utensils will be able to make and use thesame. In the process of poaching, eggs are broken 5 An object of myinvention is to provide an egg into egg pots 1 and the egg poacher isset into a 5 poacher that may be used for poachin any numsuitablereceptacle which is filled with boiling ber of eggs simultaneously.water about three-quarters the height of flanged A further object is toprovide non-perforated rim 8. The boiling water will circulate throughplates for eggs for the purpose of preventing any said circulating holes4 into the circulating cham- 10 loss through escapement. ber I0 and inthis manner the egg poaching proc- 10 Another object is to provide a newlifting and ess will proceed. holding device on the supporting handle sothat In order to remove poached eggs from egg pots the eggs after beingpoached may be easily and l, I have provided a manual lifting andholding quickly deposited in a suitable receptacle. device. This deviceconsists of a curved latch 5 A still further object is to provide awatertight riveted or otherwise mounted on cover 5. Said 15 circulatingmeans for poaching. cover 5, by backward pressure of a thumb on Astructure which is a preferred embodiment latch 5', turns up on hinge IIand Ila of base I of my invention is clearly illustrated in the acthusengaging said latch with handle l2. Wire companying drawing forming apart of this clasp l3, pivoted at [3a to handle I2 is swungspecification, in which: over latch 5 engaging with suitable cut outs5", 20

Figure 1 is a top plan view of egg poacher in Figure 4. In normalposition wire clasp I3 enworking position. gages in a groove 14 in thehandle I2, this be- Figure 2 is a section of egg poacher on line ing thecase so that there is no danger of 2-2 of Figure 1. hurting ones handwhile holding the handle.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 1 Spring I! mounted withhinges II and Ila, tends 2 showing water circulating means for poaching.to push the cover in a direction toward the base Figure 4 is a sideelevation of my invention in I thus aliording a good hold by the wireclasp l3. open position. Slot l8 in cover 5 permits the said cover topass Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 3 over shank l2a ofhandle l2. showing in particular the hinging means of the In Figure 6 Ihave shown an egg E which has 30 egg poacher. taken the shape of eggpots l. The yolk Y has Figure 6 is a side elevation of an egg afterbeing adapted the shape of dent 3 of the egg plates 2. poached. Havingthus described my invention fully and In the drawing similar referencecharacters clearly what I claim as new and useful and wish refer tosimilar parts throughout the several to secure by Letters Patent is: 35views. 1. In an egg poaching device, a base arranged Referring to thedrawing, I have provided a with a series of concave egg supportsprojecting base I which is arranged with a marginal latupwardlytherefrom, a. flanged cover member erally extending supporting flange 9and a series adapted to be engaged upon the base and having of eggsupports 2 in the form of concave portions a series of openings thereincorresponding in 40 projecting upwardly from the base in a directionnumber and arrangement to the egg supports of opposite to the supportingflange, the end wall of the base, and annular members fixed in theopenthe concave portions being depressed inwardly, as ings of the covermember adapted to slidably fit at 3, for the engagement and retainingeggs on and project above the egg supports to retain therein. The baseintermediate the egg supports eggs on the egg supports. 45

is provided with openings 4. 2. In an egg poaching device, a base platear- A flanged cover member 5 is provided with a ranged with a marginalsupporting flange, said series of openings corresponding in number andbase plate having a series of concave portions arrangement to the eggsupports of the base, and projecting upwardly therefrom in a directionopannular members 6 mounted in the openings posite the flange andopenings intermediate said adapted to slidably fit over the egg supportswith concave portions, :3. flanged cover member hingeda portion of theannular members extending ly connected to the base plate having a seriesof above the egg supports, and forming therewith openings thereincorresponding in number and substantially water tight egg pots 'l toretain the arrangement to the concave projecting portions eggs on theegg supports. Flanged rim 8 of cover of the base plate, and annularmembers fixed in 55 the cover openings adapted to have a sliding fit 3.In an egg poaching device as claimed in with the concave portions of thebase plate and claim 2, a spring to urge the cover member to inconjunction therewith form substantially waposition to engage the base,a handle fixed to the ter tight egg retaining pots, and. said cover andbase, and means carried by the cover member annular members inconjunction with the base and handle adapted to co-operate to retain the5 and concave portions thereof forming a water cover member in positionaway from the base. circulating passage about the pots in communicationwith the openings in the base. SAMUEL JAY.

